Harnessing the power of social VR with Jesse Joudrey and Graham Gaylor

Hello there and welcome to Enter VR! Join Graham Gaylor, Jesse Joudrey and I as we talk about the psychology of VRChat, tips on being a VR entrepreneur and much more!

Here is a snippet of some of the things we talked about:

40: The origins of VR Chat,How it all got started.

1:40 Why start VR chat at the time that they did,

3:30 VRChat is almost 1.5 years old. How the community has grown over the course of the lifespan of VR chat thus far.

4:20 How VRChat allows you to share and create environments to hang out with your friends in.

6:20 Thinking of native tools for customization. Balancing between accessibility and being a full featured app.

9:00 What are the main reasons people will build content for virtual reality worlds?

11:00 Interesting psychological observations on the behavior of VRChat users.

13:00 Are virtual reality avatars having a subconscious impact on your psyche?

16:00 What will be the dick measuring contests of the metaverse?

19:00 The business opportunities in creating custom avatar marketplace.

20:40 Why is there no social VR app in the mobile VR platform?

22:00 Which will be more lucrative for social vr companies, the mobile or desktop vr space?

24:00 What social vr developers need from the hardware manufacturers.

27:00 The contingency plan in the scenario that an SDK does not work and there are hundreds of users relying on the app.

28:00 Milestones for VRChat in the next couple of years.

29:00 Strategies to stay motivated as vr entrepreneurs.

33:30 How social VR stacks up to real world meetups. The vision for VRChat.

38:00 Will you be able to host your own sex dungeon in VRChat?

40:00 What is the team's take on advertisers selling user's information and interactions inside of vr spaces?

41:00 What Jesse and Graham do on their time off from VRChat.

43:00 Look for Refried bicycle in San Francisco. Doing a naked bicycle ride with Graham through San Francisco.

45:00 The weather in Vancouver this summer.

47:00 Getting high on breathing?

51:00 Jesse can work without eating for long periods of time.

52:00 Graham loves peanut butter.

54:00 Jesse loves the Shaolin noodle house near Camby and Broadway in Vancouver.

56:00 Closing thoughts and how to stay in touch.

Thanks again to Jesse and Graham for being true scholars and gentlemen of virtual reality and thank you for listening.

Found out more information with the links below.

https://twitter.com/VRChatNet

http://www.vrchat.net/

https://twitter.com/JesseJoudrey

https://twitter.com/grahamgaylor

This episode's intro is courtesy of my friend Ben. More info on Ben's work in the links below:

https://soundcloud.com/sixis-3

http://shantiplanticharity.bandcamp.com/releases